barberry
Americannoun
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a shrub of the genus Berberis, especially B. vulgaris, having yellow flowers in elongated clusters.
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the red, elongated, acid fruit of this shrub.
noun
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any spiny berberidaceous shrub of the widely distributed genus Berberis , esp B. vulgaris , having clusters of yellow flowers and orange or red berries: widely cultivated as hedge plants
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the fruit of any of these plants
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of barberry
1350–1400; Middle English barbere < Medieval Latin barbaris (< Arabic barbāris ), with -baris conformed to bere berry
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Each of the three lids sports neatly coifed lawns with dense rings of decorative planting — Japanese snowball, David viburnum, cranesbill geraniums, Chinese barberry.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
Plucking a thorn from a nearby Japanese barberry bush, he scraped the yellow dust off, revealing three painted dots underneath.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
"Three of the most common ornamental species that are actually invasive are burning bush, privet, and barberry, but there are dozens of others."
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2021
The brick Colonial-style home sat in an expanse of lawn that stretched from curb to foundation, with a few hedges of old-fashioned shrubs scattered around the edges, including the invasive exotic barberry.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2021
What hours upon hours we spent in the broiling sun, picking into some half-pint vessel, and emptying that into a larger receptacle, safely stowed away under some cedar-tree or barberry bush.
From A Rambler's lease by Torrey, Bradford
Acres of terraced growing areas and multiple greenhouses produced many native plants grown from seed collected around the park such as sumacs, ceanothus, yellow-blooming flannel bush, manzanitas, barberries, monkeyflowers, Catalina cherry, toyon and coffeeberry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
His brisket is shawarma-inspired, served with stewed leeks, thyme and pickled barberries.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023
The Indian mutanjan pulao is also evocative of the Persian Morasa Polow or jewelled rice that packs in shreds of chicken breast along with barberries, pistachio, raisins and orange peel.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2023
When Tabatabai’s grandfather was brewing in mid-20th-century Iran, this would have included Persian blue salt, barberries, sour cherries, sumac and black limes.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
Mamou made my favorite dish for dinner: zereshk polow, which is rice mixed with sweetened dried red barberries.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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